Chaplin, one of the greatest and funniest actors, was born in London in 1889. When a poor boy, he was often seen waiting outside the London theatres, hoping to get work in show business. He could sing and dance, and above all, he knew how to make people laugh. But he couldn’t get work and therefore wandered about the city streets.
Charlie Chaplin first acted when he was five. He broke into show business because his mother, a music-hall performer, lost her voice during the performance and had to leave the stage, and Charlie went on and sang a well-known song. Halfway through the song, a shower of money poured onto the stage. Charlie stopped singing and told audiences he would pick the money first and then finish the song. The audiences laughed. This was the first of millions of laughs in Charlie Chaplin’s fabulous(神话) career.
Twenty years later the same Chaplin became the greatest and best loved comedian in the world. His dream came true in the world. His dream came true in the end. Chaplin became world-famous and almost a king in the world of the film.
Even people who don’t understand English can enjoy Chaplin’s films because they are mostly silent. The equipment for adding sound to films had not yet been developed. The development of films with sound became a problem for Chaplin, as he was uncertain about making films with dialogues. Instead, he coninued to make films without dialogue, but he added music, which he wrote himself. It isn’t what he says that makes us laugh. His comedy doesn’t depend on words. It depends on little actions which mean the same thing to people the world over.
Chaplin lived most of his life in America and the last years in Switzerland, where he was buried at Christmas 1977, at the age of eighty-eight. There was sadness all over the world at the news of his death.
In his book, Chaplin tells us how to succeed in life. He says, “You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret.”
1.Chaplin is regarded as king of comedy mainly because______.
A. lots of people have seen his films
B. he could sing and dance well
C. he knew how to make people laugh
D. he acted out the common human situations best in his comedy
2.What makes people laugh in Chaplin’s films?
A. It isn’t his words but his actions. B. Neither his words nor actions.
C. Either his words or his actions. D. Not only his words but also his actions.
3.The only secret of Charles Chaplin’s huge success is that______.
A. he can make all people, men and women, old and young laugh
B. he has full trust in himself
C. he is always active and hard-working all his life
D. though he is always in trouble, he never loses heart
4.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. He was too shy to meet the managers of the theatres.
B. People won’t stop laughing until tears run down Chaplin’s face.
C. People all over the world can enjoy Chaplin’s films without translation because most of them are silent.
D. He wouldn’t like to work at the theatre.
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Chaplin, one of the greatest and funniest actors, was born in London in 1889. When a poor boy, he was often seen waiting outside the London theatres, hoping to get work in show business. He could sing and dance, and above all, he knew how to make people laugh. But he couldn’t get work and therefore wandered about the city streets.
Charlie Chaplin first acted when he was five. He broke into show business because his mother, a music-hall performer, lost her voice during the performance and had to leave the stage, and Charlie went on and sang a well-known song. Halfway through the song, a shower of money poured onto the stage. Charlie stopped singing and told audiences he would pick the money first and then finish the song. The audiences laughed. This was the first of millions of laughs in Charlie Chaplin’s fabulous(神话) career.
Twenty years later the same Chaplin became the greatest and best loved comedian in the world. His dream came true in the world. His dream came true in the end. Chaplin became world-famous and almost a king in the world of the film.
Even people who don’t understand English can enjoy Chaplin’s films because they are mostly silent. The equipment for adding sound to films had not yet been developed. The development of films with sound became a problem for Chaplin, as he was uncertain about making films with dialogues. Instead, he coninued to make films without dialogue, but he added music, which he wrote himself. It isn’t what he says that makes us laugh. His comedy doesn’t depend on words. It depends on little actions which mean the same thing to people the world over.
Chaplin lived most of his life in America and the last years in Switzerland, where he was buried at Christmas 1977, at the age of eighty-eight. There was sadness all over the world at the news of his death.
In his book, Chaplin tells us how to succeed in life. He says, “You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret.”
1.Chaplin is regarded as king of comedy mainly because______.
A. lots of people have seen his films
B. he could sing and dance well
C. he knew how to make people laugh
D. he acted out the common human situations best in his comedy
2.What makes people laugh in Chaplin’s films?
A. It isn’t his words but his actions. B. Neither his words nor actions.
C. Either his words or his actions. D. Not only his words but also his actions.
3.The only secret of Charles Chaplin’s huge success is that______.
A. he can make all people, men and women, old and young laugh
B. he has full trust in himself
C. he is always active and hard-working all his life
D. though he is always in trouble, he never loses heart
4.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. He was too shy to meet the managers of the theatres.
B. People won’t stop laughing until tears run down Chaplin’s face.
C. People all over the world can enjoy Chaplin’s films without translation because most of them are silent.
D. He wouldn’t like to work at the theatre.
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Charlie Chaplin, one of the most famous comedy actors, was born in a poor family. Famous for hisparticular forms of acting, he brought 1. (laugh) to the whole world. He played the role of a poor and homeless person, 2. wore large trousers, worn-out shoes and carried a walking stick. This character 3. (call) the little tramp. Though the character was 4. social failure, he was loved by the audience for his optimism and determination5. (overcome) all difficulties. In the film The Gold Rush, Chaplin and his friend came to California in search of gold. 6. (lucky), they didn’t find any. Instead they came across a snow storm. They had nothing to eat 7. a pair of leather shoes. No one was ever bored watching8. (he) performing. As time went by, he grew9. (popular) for his charming character than before,and became knownthroughout the world. Charlie Chaplin is loved and remembered 10. a great actor who could inspire people with great confidence.
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(D)
Mozart was one of the greatest composers who ever lived. He was born in Salzburg,
Austria, in 1756. Even when he was very young, Mozart loved music. His father, who was the leader of an orchestra, was very happy that his son was so interested in music. When Mozart was three years old, he learned to play the harpsichord, which is a kind of piano. Mozart began to compose music at the age of five, and his father took him to play in front of the kings and queens of Europe.
At one concert, one of the violinists was missing from the orchestra. Mozart picked up a violin and played the music without a mistake. Mozart’s father and the other players in the orchestra were surprised. Mozart had never been taught to play the violin! Mozart continued travelling around Europe with his father, who was his teacher in everything. He composed many pieces for the piano, the violin, and later for full orchestra.
Mozart could write down a piece of music even if he had heard it only once. One day, he went to hear a group of people singing in a big church in Rome. The song was very special. The church leader said that people could sing the song only once a year, and only in his church. No one else was allowed to have the music. Mozart listened to the song. Although it was very difficult and long, Mozart went back home and wrote down the whole piece from memory. The head of the church heard about this, and instead of being angry with Mozart, he gave him a prize.
When Mozart grew up, people were not so interested in him. He worked as a teacher and pianist, but he did not make much money. In 1791, at the age of 35, he died. He was so poor that there was not enough money for him to have a proper grave. No one knows where he is buried.
43. The story is mainly about ____.
A. Mozart and his music
B. a leader of an orchestra
C. the life of a great composer
D. the head of a church in Rome.
44. Mozart’s father helped Mozart a lot by ____.
A. teaching him about music
B. giving him a violin to play with
C. sending him to a music school
D. giving him a lot of money
45. When Mozart was only three years old, he ____.
A. went to Rome B. began to sing C. began to compose music D. played the harpsichord.
46. Mozart had a very good _____.
A. violin B. grave C. memory D. orchestra
47. Although Mozart was one of the world’s greatest composer, ____.
A. he died poor B. he did not teach anyone.
C. he did not know many famous people
D. he couldn’t play the piano or violin
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Ludwig van Beethoven,one of the world's greatest musicians,was born into a musical family in Germany.As a child he spent many lonely hours1.(practise) his music every day.In his late teens he went to Vienna for further study.There he became well2.(know) by people.
One evening as he was out walking,he passed an old house3.he heard someone inside playing one of his compositions.As he stopped4.(listen),he overheard a girl say that she5.(wish) she could hear a real musician play it properly.
Beethoven went6.the house and,noticing the young lady at the piano was blind,offered to play the piece for her.He did so for her for more than an hour7.while he did,darkness fell and the lone candle in the room had gone out.
Outside in the night sky the8.shone brightly and sent its light into the room where Beethoven sat9.(play) beautiful music.He was so inspired by the appreciation of his music by the young lady and the beauty of the atmosphere in the room10.he composed his famous "Moonlight Sonata."
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George Gershwin, born in 1898, was one of America’s greatest composers. He published his first song when he was eighteen years old. During the next twenty years he wrote more than five hundred songs.
Many of Gershwin’s songs were first written for musical plays performed in theatres in New York City. These plays were a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s and 1930s. Many of his songs have remained popular as ever. Over the years they have been sung and played in every possible way — from jazz to country.
In the 1920s there was a debate in the United States about jazz music. Could jazz, some people asked, be considered serious music? In 1924 jazz musician and orchestra leader Paul Whiteman decided to organize a special concert to show that jazz was serious music. Gershwin agreed to compose something for the concert before he realized he had just a few weeks to do it. And in that short time, he composed a piece for piano and orchestra which he called Rhapsody in Blue. Gershwin himself played the piano at the concert. The audience were thrilled when they heard his music. It made him world-famous and showed that jazz music could be both serious and popular.
In 1928, Gershwin went to Paris. He applied to study composition (作曲)with the well-known musician Nadia Boulanger, but she rejected him. She was afraid that classical study would ruin his jazz-influenced style. While there, Gershwin wrote An American in Paris. When it was first performed, critics (评论家)were divided over the music. Some called it happy and full of life, to others it was silly and boring. But it quickly became popular in Europe and the United States. It sill remains one of his most famous works.
George Gershwin died in 1937, just days after doctors learned he had brain cancer. He was only thirty-nine years old. Newspapers all over the world reported his death on their front pages. People mourned the loss of the man and all the music he might have still written.
1.What did Gershwin do during his stay in Paris?
A. He created one of his best works B. He studied with Nadia Boulanger
C. He argued with French critics D. He changed his music style
2.What do we learn from the last paragraph?
A. Many of Gershwin’s works were lost
B. The death of Gershwin was widely reported
C. A concert was held in memory of Gershwin
D. Brain cancer research started after Gershwin’s death.
3.Which of the following best describes Gershwin?
A. Talented and productive B. Serious and boring
C. Popular and unhappy D. Friendly and honest
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Marie Curie was a Polish-born physicist and chemist and one of the most famous scientists of her time. Together with her husband Pierre, she won the Nobel Prize in 1903, and another one in 1911.
Marie Sklodowska was born in Warsaw on 7 November 1867, the daughter of a teacher. In 1891, she went to Paris to study physics and maths at the Sorbonne where she met Pierre Curie, professor of the School of Physics. They married in 1895.
The Curies worked together studying radioactivity(放射性), building on the work of the German physicist Roentgen and the French physicist Becquerel. In July 1898, the Curies announced the discovery of polonium(钋). At the end of the year, they announced the discovery of another, radium(镭). The Curies, along with Becquerel, won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903.
Pierre’s life was cut short in 1906 when he was knocked down and killed by a carriage. Marie took over his teaching post, becoming the first woman to teach at the Sorbonne, and devoted (献身于) herself to continuing the work that they had begun together. She received a second Nobel Prize, for Chemistry, in 1911.
The Curies’ research was important in developing X-rays in surgery. During World WarⅠ, Marie helped fixed X-ray equipment, which she herself drove to the front lines. She helped train doctors for the International Red Cross.
Although she achieved much success, men scientists in France were still against Marie, and she never received any financial help from her work. By the late 1920s her health was beginning to become worse. She died on 4 July 1934 from her dangerous research. The Curies’ eldest daughter Irene was a scientist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
1.All the following people contributed to Marie’s first Nobel Prize EXCEPT _____.
A.Irene B.Pierre C.Becquerel D.Roentgen
2.We can know from the text that Marie’s work______.
A.won her respect from men scientists
B.brought her some financial help
C.had a bad effect on her health
D.had no influence on her children
3.Which is the right order of the following events?
①Marie became a teacher at the Sorbonne.
②Marie helped train doctors.
③The Curies discovered polonium.
④The Curies won the Nobel Prize for Physics.
⑤The Curies discovered radium.
A.①④⑤③② B.③⑤④①② C.⑤④①③② D.②③⑤①④
4.Which of the following about Marie is NOT true?
A.She married at the age of 28.
B.Her parent was a teacher.
C.She was the first woman teacher at the Sorbonne.
D.She helped the International Red Cross fix X-ray equipment.
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Marco Polo
Marco Polo was born in Italy in 1254. A traveller and businessman, he was one of the first Europeans to travel across Asia and into China. His journey lasted 24 years.
He set out, aged 17, with his father Nicolo and his uncle Maffeo on their great journey to China. They sailed south from Venice, Italy and stopped off in the Middle East. They ofen carried on overland to Persia (now Iran), through the Pamir Mountains and the Gobi Desert before they got to Beijing, China.At that time, China was more advanced than Europe. They already had paper, so large numbers of books were available. They also used paper money in many parts of the country.
After he got back to Italy, Marco Polo talked about his experiences in China, and he wrote a book describing the riches of Asia. His book was the first western record of porcelain(瓷器), coal, gunpowder, printing and silk.Unfortunately, not many people believed Polo’s stories and he became known as “the man of a million lies”. He died in 1324.
Jacques Cousteau
Jacques Cousteau was a French undersea explorer, environmentalist and inventor. He was born in France in 1910. When he was young, he was attracted by the sea, machines and filmmaking. In the French navy, Cousteau began exploring underwater and worked on a special breathing machine which allowed divers to stay underwater for several hours. This gave them time to really look around under the ocean. In 1948, Cousteau began travelling the world’s oceans in his research ship Calypso.Cousteau produced many films and books about his underwater experiences, including the TV series The Underwater World of Jacques Cousteau, which introduced the public to the world of sharks, whales, dolphins and treasure.
Cousteau started the Cousteau Society to protect ocean life. In 1989, he received a great honour: he was made a member of the French Academy. Finally, after a long and varied life, Cousteau died on 25th June, 1997.
1.What do we know about Marco Polo’s trip to China?
A. He travelled all the way by boat.
B. He planned to trade with the East.
C. He travelled with members of his family.
D. He brought advanced technologies to China.
2.What did Marco Polo do after he returned to Italy?
A. He started to sell books.
B. He taught people to make paper.
C. He made up stories to fool people.
D. He recorded his experiences in China.
3.Which of the following is TRUE about Jacques Cousteau?
A. He cared for the environment.
B. He invented his research ship Calypso.
C. He was really interested in China.
D. He published books about his family life.
4.What can we infer about the two men mentioned in the text?
A. They were great explorers.
B. They were highly talented.
C. They were imaginative.
D. They were sea-lovers.
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Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best loved and most successful children's book writers in the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.
In 1954, life magazine published(刊登) a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children's books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books.
In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a sixyearold should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham.
In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize (普利策奖). He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents.
He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains. Millions of his books have been sold worldwide. People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages. Doctor Seuss once said,“I do not write for children. I write for people.”
1.Doctor Seuss learned from the magazine that _________.
A. some school children could not read with interest.
B. many children's books were interesting
C. children wanted to learn to read
D. a writer for children was wanted
2.People like his books because the books ________.
A. are cheap and easy to get B. were written in different languages
C. are easy and interesting to read D. were written with invented words
3.He wrote the book The Cat in the Hat at the age of ________.
A. 50 B. 53
C. 56 D. 87
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Doctor Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham with over 230 words.
B. Doctor Seuss wrote books only for children in the United States.
C. The Cat in the Hat was written only for sixyearold children.
D. His books provided education and enjoyment for Americans.
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Charlie Chaplin was considered to be one of the most popular 1. (star) in the early days of films. He brightened the lives of people throughout the world 2. (use) his perfect acting.
Charlie was born in a poor family and lived 3. hard life in his childhood. His parents were both poor hall performers, 4. didn't make much money. Therefore, at a very young age, Charlie had to learn 5. (sing) and dance. By his teens, his subtle acting had become so entertaining 6. no one in England was ever bored watching him mime and act the fool doing ordinary everyday tasks. In 1972, he won a special Oscar 7. his outstanding work in the films that he wrote, directed, produced, and starred in. He made people laugh even when they felt depressed. And no one has done 8. (well) than him up to now.
Charlie lived in England and the USA but 9. (spend) his last years in Switzerland, where he died of 10. (nature) causes on December 25, 1977.
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in a poor family, he became one of the greatest writers in the world.
A. As born B. That is
C. Who is D. Although born
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